Correspondent Peter Cave has spoken with Conor Purcell who is in jail in Bangkok after being arrested by police for his activity in last week's redshirt demonstrations. Conor Purcell says he was acting as a liaison for the military, as he was the only who was prepared to run through the bullets. He says he has evidence of atrocities committed by the Thai troops. Also today, the country's criminal court issued a warrant for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat on terrorism charges.

A Perth court has been told an unlicensed driver was travelling about 140 kilometres an hour when she crashed into another car, causing the death of an 11-year-old boy and severely injuring his mother.

Tasmania's Premier has decided not to rush environmentalists to his forestry roundtable, despite saying earlier today he wanted prompt action and did not want to hear excuses for why they could not be involved.